Behind-the-scenes tidbits of the great ship

The Great Ship is a 32-episode drama of the times, which spans 20 years and is based on various historical events. At the beginning of the conception, there were only two brothers as the main line, telling the development of Hong Kong and Macao and the process of Hong Kong becoming a prosperous city from a small fishing village. One of the brothers finally went astray. 1986, with golden decade; 1992, a great era with the financial era as the background appeared. In the past 20 years, TVB has never filmed a drama of this era, so the crew thought of this and the pursuit of ideals as the theme of the new drama. The "Great Wheel" is the "Great Wheel of the Times", which describes the different faces of Hong Kong and Macao from 1980 to 20 13, so that the story of the two brothers in the play is set in a familiar background of the times, and their fate begins to reverse due to different times. Producer Wang Xinwei hopes to bring out a belief through this drama: "As long as you have a dream and persist in not giving up, you will have a bright future even if you encounter setbacks."

The production team of the play consists of producer and editor Wu Zhaotong, chief screenwriter, senior director, Lei and Kuang Jinhong. The crew hopes that from the great events in the past 30 years, the audience can feel the changes in Hong Kong and Macao in the past 30 years from the great ship of the times through the plot. In addition, because this drama is not a historical drama, when writing a story, the crew should have a year representative of memorabilia, create a story, and don't tell too many historical fragments. The most time-consuming process is to ensure that the information is correct when making corrections.

The story ends in flashback. Starting from a kidnapping case on 20 13, this paper tells the story of two brothers taking different roads and compares the development of the twin cities of Hong Kong and Macao. Because of the flashback, some plots need to be hidden and kept in suspense, such as the kidnapping case in the first episode, which can't be interpreted until the second half. In an interview, the director said that fortunately, the script is complete and the actors can put it away freely, so that the story can develop reasonably. In addition, in order to match the series, each episode will insert real news clips or newspaper headlines to arouse the collective memories of Hong Kong people. Ruco Chan is a righteous and evil ambitious figure. He is a policeman who will do whatever it takes to get ahead, for money, for status and for quick success. Xiao Zhengnan is a man who sticks to his goals and ideals. Their fate is in keeping with the times. As for the heroine, Linda Chung is a rich girl. In order to keep pace with the cutting-edge role, she specially trimmed the most popular hairstyle in the 1990s for herself. Tian Ruini started with costumes from the 1990s, and Li Siqi played Ruco Chan and Xiao Zhengnan's mother.

In order to match the plot and characters, Ruco Chan, Linda Chung, Xiao Zhengnan and Tian Ruini will play from the age of 20 to the age of 50, all with different shapes to match the changes of the times. In the 1980s and 1990s, when the old and the new alternated, Ruco Chan appeared in the shape of leather jeans with an "egg tart head". Linda Chung shot in the form of Yin Qi, with braids and knee-length skirts. Netizens may think that dressing up is very old-fashioned, but it was actually a very popular style at that time. The scenes filmed in The Great Ship are mainly in Macau, Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei, Jordan, Kowloon Bay, To Kwa Wan, West Kowloon and other places. , and the old districts such as Bath, Sha Lo Tung, Bishop Hill and To Kwa Wan. It took four months to make the whole play.

As Hong Kong and Macao have developed vigorously for many years and the tourism industry has advanced by leaps and bounds, it is not easy to find the old appearance. The most important thing in this play is to find the right scene. When filming the scene where two brothers sneaked into Hong Kong in the 1980s and were kidnapped in the 1990s, the expected effect was finally achieved near Shaluo Cave. Besides, the structure of the Immigration Department has not changed much compared with that of the Immigration Department in the 1960s, only the external walls have been slightly renovated, so the scene of anti-overlapping policy is full of realism.

At the beginning of the filming of the series, the weather in Macao continued to be unstable, and the continuous rain once affected the filming progress and needed to be re-filmed. However, in the post-production, it was found that the dark weather of the original lens coincided with the color of the 1990s. In addition, when filming the scene of the "thief king" robbing a gold shop in the 1990s, besides deliberately letting the actors who played the thief king wear the same clothes, they also filmed in the old district of To Kwa Wan to simulate the past robbery in Kwun Tong and enhance the texture of the picture.

In order to be close to the background of different times, we specially collected the information of props and bridges, wrote the props needed by different times in the script, and let the film crew shoot with props to be close to the background of the times at that time. For example, when shooting the scene of Linda Chung and Ruco Chan madly in love in the 1990 era, their clothes and hairstyles contributed a lot. The orange telephone booth is one of the landmarks of that era, and their "mobile phones" and pagers are products of that era. In addition, a story about Xiao Zhengnan's steady business in Macau was set on fire by the gang. It's a real shot, and the scene is realistic.

In order to be realistic, a falling scene in Ruco Chan and Linda Chung also went into battle in person, hanging outside the factory building with a height of more than ten floors for a whole day, and finally got the expected effect. Unfortunately, this scene was rated as buying lives. In addition, they also have many scenes of speeding, blasting and action, which not only won a lot of money, but also were filmed by themselves, just showing the spirit of Hong Kong's struggle for survival in the 1990s. In addition, the emotional line between Xiao Zhengnan and Tian Ruini will be shot in a "montage" way, which can better show their real emotional scenes.

The cast is also very concerned about the dialogue of the play. For example, young viewers may not know about "electronic factories", and few people buy them. The style of Rambo and Mark brothers imitating the names of movie stars has also been introduced into the drama era.

The director of the drama said in an interview afterwards that it is easy for netizens to point out mistakes, so when shooting the drama of the times, we should pay attention to whether the lens is broken or not, and even said that some changes in the building can be modified by computer later. However, in the streets where people come and go and cars come and go, trash cans, mailboxes and vehicles are the most prone to mistakes. For example, a bus suddenly drove out during filming and collapsed immediately. Therefore, it is often necessary to shoot again until the atmosphere of the scene can be shot without breaking through, and it takes more time to shoot in these places. On the contrary, when shooting in Bishop Mountain in Macau, the environment was beautiful, and there was no need to avoid vehicles or pedestrians, so the shooting was smooth. The drama was sponsored by a famous baker in Macao early in the morning. Not only did it lend a real shop to shoot, but the owners, Mr. Liang Canguang and Miss Zhen, also provided a lot of information about the current situation in Macao, which was quite helpful for shooting.

The original masterpiece promised to sponsor the first 100 million yuan of the play, but unfortunately it exceeded the budget of the play. In the end, I had to borrow a shop from the other party to shoot, and the name of the bakery was changed to "Rosin" of the play.

Due to the sponsorship of sponsors, the play was held on September 22nd, 20th13rd (Yutai &; The main characters of the 15-minute production special "The Great Ship of the Century Set sail" broadcast by HD Jade Channel at 23: 30 arrived in Macau in early September for filming. The plot involves historical events 1980: Hong Kong's policy of arriving at the base (episode 2) 1982: Macao's relaxation of entry and the fire at Macao Yilong Firecracker Factory (episode 3) 199 1 year: Hong Kong's large-scale gold shop robbery (episode 9)1year.